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Payneteasy, a leading provider of payment technologies, is proud to announce the successful completion of its annual PCI DSS v4.0 certification as a Level 1 Service Provider. This includes full compliance with the new, more rigorous requirements that came into effect in March 2025. In line with these updated standards, we now offer our clients tools that enhance the protection of payment forms and data to an even higher level. Read more in this article.

A new level of payment security – successful PCI DSS v4.0 certification with the latest standards

Keeping your payment system running smoothly means spotting and fixing issues as soon as they happen. That’s why Payneteasy features a monitoring system—a simple tool that helps you keep an eye on important events and act quickly when required.

Payneteasy monitoring system: how to stay on top of critical events

We’re proud to announce that Payneteasy has once again been recognised as a Validated Service Provider in Visa’s Global Registry, which marks our seventh consecutive year on the list. This continued recognition demonstrates our continued effort to keep payments safe and meet the highest industry standards.

Payneteasy named Visa-Validated Provider for 7th year

We are excited to present Payneteasy Dashboard, our new mobile app designed to facilitate effortless business operations monitoring and convenient order management wherever you are.

Meet Payneteasy Dashboard: The Ultimate Order Management & Analytics App

We are excited to introduce Payneteasy CMS, our latest module designed to redefine and further customize payment scenarios for diverse client categories and individual consumers.

Payneteasy CMS: The Ultimate Payment Scenario Fine-Tuning System

Dear valued clients,
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Payneteasy app – an easy-to-use mobile application designed to enable you to stay connected to your account on the go and keep you updated about important system events.

The New Payneteasy App Is Now Live: What’s It All About?

We're extremely proud to announce that Payneteasy has officially become a part of the community of gateways and payment processors supporting the Google Pay API.

Payneteasy Joins the Ranks of Google Pay’s Certified Participating Processors

Global Payment Systems and Geopolitics

International trade and finance are both hugely important forces in our increasingly interconnected world, both driven by cross-border payments. Cross-border payments — that is, transactions that take place between two or more countries — form the backbone of today’s global economy, facilitating the exchange of goods, services, and capital internationally.

28.10.2024

11 min

The Metaverse’s Impact on Payments

The metaverse is an immense virtual space populated by various immersive, 3D worlds where users can interact through the use of avatars; the very concept seems to have been taken straight out of a work of science fiction! This is fitting, seeing as the term was itself coined by writer Neal Stephenson in his sci-fi novel Snow Crash.

25.10.2024

12 min

Collaborative Regulation: How FinTech Companies Can Work with Regulators for Mutual Success

Despite FinTech having been around for quite some time in one form or another, this technology has proven challenging for regulators to keep on top of. This is not altogether surprising when one considers the incredible rate at which the industry has grown over the last few years; new businesses, new products, and new risks turn up all the time and will likely continue to do so.

22.10.2024

Sustainable Payment Solutions: 2025 Trends

As the impact of climate change becomes more and more pronounced, finding sustainable payment solutions for the future has become a marked point of interest in the financial sector. In fact, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors have been driving forces behind technological development in recent times. The role of ESG in payments is important, as an ever-greater number of consumers are seeking out low-impact, environment-friendly payment options.

12.10.2024

11 min

Cross-Border Payments in 2024: Navigating the Complexities of Global Transactions

In our increasingly globalised world, cross-border payments — transactions where the sender and the recipient are based in different countries — have become more and more important. Indeed, cross-border payments are essential to the world’s economy, having made it quicker and easier than ever before to move funds between countries.

05.10.2024

How FinTech Is Reshaping the Financial Landscape in Developing Economies

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), 152 nations around the globe can be classified as developing countries. With a collective population of almost 6.9 billion, this means that less than 12% of the global population exists within a developed economy. In other words, there is still plenty of room for improvement.

03.10.2024

New Payment Methods for Smart Cities

In 1994, Amsterdam launched an initiative entitled De Digital Stad — The Digital City. Unfortunately, this programme was discontinued in 2004. Even so, it is widely hailed as the beginning of smart cities as we know them today.

26.09.2024

9 min

Key Forces Shaping the Modern African eCommerce Ecosystem

The African continent is home to a distinct eCommerce ecosystem that is extremely dynamic, diverse, and forward-looking. It is also an environment that is continuously evolving in response to various internal and external influences, which creates both opportunities and bottlenecks for its key players.

18.09.2024

4 min

How Can Fintech Partnerships Boost Long-Term eCommerce Resilience?

Throughout the years, we have witnessed the growing popularity of eCommerce around the world, all despite economic fluctuations and global uncertainties. This trend affirms resilience as one of the sector’s key characteristics and presents plenty of opportunities to enhance it further through strategic collaborations.

12.09.2024

4 min

A Deep Dive into the Evolution of Payment Cards

The financial landscape is evolving rapidly, with novel digital payment methods emerging continuously and cash use declining fast. Yet, even among these major shifts, debit and credit cards managed to keep their position at center stage. In fact, in 2022, global card networks facilitated a staggering 624 billion transactions, representing a 7.5% increase from 2021.

10.09.2024

4 min

Asian Central Banks & India’s UPI Unite for Cross-Border Payments

India’s United Payment Interface (UPI) is set to connect with the central banks of four forward-looking Asian countries to create an instant cross-border retail payments platform. This initiative is executed under the guidance of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) as part of Project Nexus - a set of efforts for enhancing cross-border payments.

06.09.2024

3 min

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs): Prospects for Europe

Since the nineties, central banks have been exploring the possibilities of digital currency, beginning with Finland’s Avant e-money card, launched in 1993. This invention didn’t make it far past the beginning of the new millennium, but many today still view it as the first central bank digital currency (CBDC), even if it wasn’t described as such at the time.

04.09.2024